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21/04/2023
As part of the Land Use Planning Harmonisation Framework, the draft harmonised Development Control Plan (DCP) consolidates Parramatta, Auburn, The Hills, Holroyd and Hornsby DCPs.
This harmonisation framework follows boundary changes in 2016 after the City of Parramatta Council inherited parts of the former council areas of Auburn, Holroyd, Hornsby, Parramatta and The Hills. This resulted in different rules applying to different parts of the LGA, with five Local Environmental Plans and nine DCPs in effect.
The vision for the harmonisation framework is to deliver a clear and more consistent set of planning controls for the Parramatta LGA.
Parramatta LGA Boundary
Some new controls are proposed for dual occupancies, manor houses and terraces. These proposed changes are explained below.
DUAL OCCUPANCY | MANOR HOUSES & TERRACES |
Building bulk and scale Current controls: Tend to encourage all levels of the dual occupancy being built to the front setback, a dominant vertical articulation and a lack of separation between neighbouring lots. Draft controls: Aim to deliver an improved design response by requiring buildings to set back the upper storey, for garages to be set back from the building line and for building facades to be stepped to avoid long wall lengths. Dominant garages and driveways Current controls: Allow for excessive widths of garages and driveways, third storey semi-underground garages, shared driveways at different finished ground levels and retaining walls or fences along the centreline of driveways. Draft controls: Aim to deliver an improved design response by requiring split driveways to minimise apparent appearance of hardscaping, utilising centralised landscaping to soften the appearance of the building from the street and using split driveways to better respond to sloping sites. Poor street frontage design Current controls: Allow for poorly defined dwelling entries, lack of habitable rooms looking onto the street, poor articulation of street facades and mirrored designs that do not respond to the context of the street. Draft controls: Aim to deliver an improved design response by delivering a varied roof form to break up the building massing, separating dwellings better through the use of a recess over a blade wall, now allowing the mirroring of the building across both dwellings of the dual occupancy and the use of porches or porticos to mark the dwelling entry. | Controls for manor house and terrace developments that vary from the State Environmental Planning Policy (Exempt and Complying Development Codes) 2008 have been prepared to address the following in the context of Parramatta:
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